'Multiple casualties' after white rental van strikes at least eight pedestrians in Toronto before fleeing the scene

• The extent of the injuries isn't confirmed after the van struck up to ten people on Yonge St. near Finch Ave, Toronto on Monday
  
• It is not yet clear whether the incident was an accident or intentional
  
• The van fled the scene after striking the pedestrians. Cops were able to stop the driver a few blocks away
  
• It appears the suspect has now been taken into custody

By Hannah Parry For Dailymail.com
Published: 04:16 AEST, 24 April 2018 | Updated: 05:09 AEST, 24 April 2018

A white van has mowed down at least eight pedestrians in Canada, police say.

Police have confirmed there are 'multiple casualties' although the number is not yet clear after the van struck up to ten people on Yonge St. near Finch Ave, Toronto, at just before 1.30pm on Monday afternoon.

The extent of the injuries isn't confirmed, and police are investigating whether the incident was an accident or intentional.

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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... scene.html

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Presser... avoiding giving facts...like NAME/ethnicity of savage...

and... NO QUESTIONS allowed

9 dead
16 injured

Wont even call it TERRORISM!!!!!

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Alek Minassian...... Armenian last name born in Syria.

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Accused in van attack a former 'below-average' CAF recruit, but no red flag: source
The Canadian Press
April 24, 2018 09:46 AM



RICHMOND HILL, Ont. — The man accused in a van attack that left 10 people dead in Toronto had spent two months with the Canadian Armed Forces last year, and was considered a below-average recruit who wasn't adjusting well to military life, a defence source said Tuesday.

Alek Minassian was a member of the forces from Aug. 23, 2017, until Oct. 25, 2017, a spokeswoman with the Department of National Defence said.

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http://www.timescolonist.com/accused-in ... 1.23278574

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Alek Minassian — FULL police interrogation of incel van attack driver
Sep 28, 2019
The Mob Reporter

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Van attack suspect Alek Minassian to be tried by judge alone in Toronto
By Jessica Patton Global News
Posted June 19, 2019 11:13 am

The man accused of a deadly van attack on a busy sidewalk in the north end of the city won’t face a jury and will be tried in Toronto, a court ruled on Wednesday.

“As a result of the consent of all parties to proceed without a jury, there’s no need to move the case from Toronto, and the case can proceed here, and it will proceed in Toronto in February of 2020,” said Minassian’s lawyer, Boris Bytensky.

“The trial is going to proceed without a jury and with a judge. We have a very senior, experienced judge, and I’m sure that Mr. Minassian will receive the fairest trial possible.”

...more at link
https://globalnews.ca/news/5407729/alek ... l-toronto/

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Toronto van attack trial postponed again, Alek Minassian's lawyer confirms
Codi Wilson
Published Thursday, March 26, 2020



TORONTO -- The trial for the man who killed 10 people and injured more than a dozen others when he plowed down pedestrians on a busy stretch of sidewalk in North York in 2018 has been postponed once again.

The lawyer for Alek Minassian, who faces 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder in connection with the April 2018 attack, confirmed on social media that his client’s trial will not be proceeding as scheduled on April 6.

The confirmation comes after the Ontario Superior Court of Justice suspended all operations earlier this month, including upcoming jury trials, in an effort to help slow the spread of COVID-19.

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https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-van- ... -1.4869252

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Boris Bytensky, Minassian’s lawyer, said in his closing arguments Thursday that his client’s autism spectrum disorder left him incapable of making a rational choice at the time. Bytensky said the disorder left Minassian without the ability to develop empathy and ultimately he was unable to know what he did was morally wrong.

Prosecutor Joe Callaghan said in closing arguments that Alek Minassian’s autism spectrum disorder — or ASD — didn’t push him to carry out the attack on April 23, 2018.


https://abcnews.go.com/International/wi ... 0-74807458
Rather, Minassian knew what he was doing was wrong, the prosecutor said.

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Minassian verdict could take months
Saturday, December 19th 2020

After roughly five weeks of testimony, Alek Minassian's trial has come to an end.

Justice Anne Molloy has not given a firm date on when she will deliver her verdict but says it will likely be sometime in March.

She explains she has two other cases to decide before she gets back to deciding this case and that the pandemic has caused a backlog.

Minassian has pleaded not criminally responsible to 10 counts of first-degree murder and 16 counts of attempted murder.

He has admitted to planning and carrying out the 2018 Yonge Street van attack so Justice Molloy must focus on his state-of-mind and whether he was capable of rational thought.

...more at link
https://www.iheartradio.ca/610cktb/news ... 1.14194948

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New footage revealed from Yonge St. van attack of Alek Minassian’s path of destruction
Nov 11, 2020
Toronto Star

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BREAKING: Toronto van attacker found GUILTY of all 26 counts
Mar 4, 2021 4:34 AM EST

The culprit has already admitted to renting a van and driving it on the sidewalk in North York in April of 2018.

The man who committed the Toronto van attack that saw 10 people dead and 16 injured was found guilty of all 26 counts. A timetable for sentencing will come on March 18.

Justice Anne Molloy, who asked of journalists to not publish the perpetrator's name, delivered the verdict on Wednesday.

Molloy said that much hinged on whether the perpetrator knew the crime was morally wrong rather than legally wrong. This would mean he lacked rational perception and thus rational choice, being unable to rationally evaluate what he was doing.

Molloy said that it was clear to her that he knew the actions would be seen "by the vast majority of society as morally wrong."

Molloy said that she found the defence had failed to prove that the perpetrator did not know that his crimes were morally wrong.

"He knew it was legally wrong to kill people, he also knew that his plan to run down and kill people constituted first degree murder... That's why Mr. Doe attempted death by cop," said Molloy.

The culprit had already admitted to renting a van and driving it on the sidewalk in North York in April of 2018, intentionally striking civilians and killing mostly women. The shocking incident was categorized by many as an "incel" terror attack.

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https://thepostmillennial.com/van-attac ... -26-counts

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